Method of making wheels.



W.. 1. P. MOORE; METHOD 0F MAKING WHEELS. APPLICATIQN FILED JI1N13. 1916`l Mnrnon or Maxine WHEELS.

Teelt/whom z't may concern.'-

Be it known that'I, WILLIMM QI. I". Moonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New yYork, have invented oertaing4 new and useful Improvements in Methods of Makin Wheels, of which the following is a speci cation, reference being had there-V in to the accompanying drawing. v

My presen-t inventlon refers to a tension wheel, the parts of which are brought together and united under a strong tension. rIhe object is to secure a stiH sind durable construction .which will be inexpensive, light, attractive, strong, and of sufficient resiliency for its purpose. .'Ihe invention comprises essentially a wheel lhaving an outer circular member, and an inner central member, together with a pair of vannular disks between saidmembersto which they are effectively secured by means ofl welding; and the wheel so constructed is mounted yin such a manner that it can be readily removed from thel axle whenever desired for Ithe substitution of a new wheel,

l for the purpose',A of providing a new tire afterone is puncture/d or =has.a blow-out or other injury, as well as for other purposes;v and the invention also includes variousdetails and peculiarities of the essential combination just expressedto ada yt the invention for use with the driving or rven wheels of automobiles or oth'er vehicles; and further, it comprises numerous features and special elements in the` construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts, substantially as -will be hereinafter described and claimed..v f In the accompanying drawing illustrat- 1ng my inventionr'. 1

Figure 1 is a cross-section of half ofmy improved wheehthe same bein ordinarily the front wheel of an automobiIe.

'Fig'. 2' is a similar'cross-section of half of my improved wheel in another form, its construction embodying therein a brake drum, and being usually intended for the rearV wheel of an automobile. 'A

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding-parts throughout the diHerent H res of t e drawing.

Re erring first to the particular style of wheel shown in Fig. 1, which is a wheel to be used as the front wheel for driven wheel of an automobile, 1 designates an outerl circular-member of the wheel, which Specification of Letters Patent. jlPmlmml-d May 21119 111910 Application led January 3, 1916. Serial No. 69,626. i

serves as the-rimlof the wheel, and whichv l has the oppositely-located curved circumferential Hanges 2' and 4, said Hange 2 being integral with the rim 1,'while the Hange 60% 4 is a separate piece and consists of a detachable 'ring which is seated in a groove 5 formed in the faceof the Y, rim 1. on the edge thereof opposite to where the integral Hange 2 islocated. 'Ihe Hange 2 and the 65 Hange 4 are provided with oppositely-located inwardlyprojecting prongs for4 l barbsV 3, which are designed to prick in-to the substance ofthe rubber shoe 6 and engage the same without injury thereto but `with a sufficiently ltenacious grasp to hold the shoe in place and prevent any creeping or displacement.

For the purpose of better explaining the application of the invention, I -have deline-t ated the shoe 6 and the inner inHatable tube 7, Atogether' with a strip 8 beneath the lat# ter, all in position within the Hanges of the clencher r1m. v

At the center of the wheel is the hub 10, provided with a dust cap 13, the laxle 11, and the ball bearings 12 between' the .hub 10 and the axle 11, all arranged to oper ate in Kan easy and effective manner.` The hub 10 is provided near one ehd with an 85 encircling 'Hange 42 andvnear its other end with a similar encircling Hange 18. rIhe flange 42 has a shoulder thereon. Surrounding the hub 10 is aring 9 having a Hange 43 provided with a rabbeted ed e 17 which 90 engages the shoulder 16 of the u-b 10, said l `ring 9 Ialso being provided' with a Han e` 44 which lies alongside and outside of t e` -h'ub flange 18, said Harige 44 being of a substantial width: and' having a circular 95 centralopening 22 which 4fits around a smooth circular face 23 pn the hub 10. In this way the inner ring or member 9 canbe slipped. neatly and tightly over and u-pon the hub -byfhavin the rabbeted 'Hange 43 100 engaging the sho'u dere'd Hange 42 and the flange 44 enga ing the hub Hange 18, the parts being he d in this position in any suitable manner and by any preferred.

means, for example, by bolts 19 whose head 105 20 fits against the inside Vof the Hange 18, while the outer' end is provided with a nut 21,- whichclampstightly against the outside of the Hange The head 20 as shown` is welded or otherwise secured to in- 110 side of Hange 18. Y n

Between the outer circular r 1 and the inner or centralfmember 9 are two annular disks 14 and'15, an inner and an outer one, which aregof thin steel or some other suitable metal'or material. The outer peripheral edges of these annular disks 14 and`15 are bent at an angle as much as may be desired to conform them to the shape of the rim 1 at the edges thereof, as .for example, the annular disk 14 is bent to form the flange 45 and the peripheral outer edgev ofthe other disk 15 is bentL to form- These twov flanges 45 and the flange 46. 46 are secured to the rim- 1 by welding, so that the junction will be absolutely strong and complete. The inner peripheral'ed es of the annular dsks`14 and 15 are welt-ded to the central member 9 at the opposite ,ends thereof, being shown in the present example of the invention as overlapping the flanges 43 and 44, and being welded to the outer faces thereof, Said flanges being slightly indented to receive lthe thickness of the disks 14 and 15, and

enable themfto be uni-ted to the flanges 43 and 44 so as to be flush with the faces 4of said flanges.

I have just described Qthe construction shown in Fig. 1which describes a driven vwheel which will be commonly known as the front wheel. In Fig. 2 I have delineated my novel features `in the form of a curing devices, to a flange 36 on the hub 32.

The cover plate 34 is secured ,to the axle 47 by means of bolts 35, or some other suitable fastening means. In this Fig. 2, the central inner member consists of the brake drum 31, which, as I have'said before, is removably connected to the hub 32. The outer circular member of the wheel or the rim thereof, which may be of the clencher or other variety, consists of a rim 24 having the curved peripheral flange 25 on the one side, and the detachable iange 27 on the opposite side held in the groove 28 in the .ring 24,

both theintegzral flange 25 and the detach being provided with inner able flange 2 prongs or barbs 26 to engage the rubber shoe- 6 whlch contains the inflatable inner tube 7, asin Fig. 1 of the drawing.

Between theouter circular member or rim 24 and the inner central member, which in this case; is the brake drum 31, I arrange a pair of annular disks 29a and 30 whose outer peripheral edges lare respectively bent at 50 and 51 vand are welded to the clencher rim, and whose inner peripheral edges are welded to the brake drum 31, the mode of welding to the drum 31 preferably being the same as that by which the disks 14 and 15 are welded to the ring 9, namely: by welding the circular inner edges of said disks 29 and 30 in rabbets in the opposite edges of the said drum 31 so that the disks 29 and 30 may lieflush with the. faces of said drum.

The inner tube 7 of the tire requires, of

course, an air valve of the usual or some other kind, and in Fig. 2 -I have indicated such a valve at 42, having thereon the dust cap 43,said valve projecting through an opening 52 in the clencher rim 24. Said valve 42 is provided with the usual plate 53 -which prevents creeping of the tire, and also I find it convenient to utilize a strip of rubber or fabric 8 (see Figs. 1 and 2) which is located between the flanges of the shoe 6 and between the inner tube and the rim. With a wheel constructed with welded disks, as I have. just described, it may be essentlal to provide some way of access into the space between the two disks in order to operate the air valve 42 and inflate the inner tube. I, therefore, provide one of the disks, as for example disk 15 in Fig. 1, and disk 30 in Fig. 2, with an oval hand hole, which is closed by a suitable cover, an example of which I have shown as consistin of an inner plate 39, having a periphera lip which engages a similar lip on the edge of the oval handI hole, while outside of the disk is a plate 40. The two plates 39 and 40 are bolted together firmly by means of a bolt 41, or some other equivalent device. The cover, therefore, is readily taken olf the hand holerby loosening the bolt 41 so that access can be had to the air valve or the space between the disks for any other purpose, and then the parts can be readily retored and locked firmly in position as beore.

The welding ofthe disks to the innerl and outer members of the wheel provides an effective, simple and strong combination, which will be very durable, as it will be practically indestructible and which cannot easily be broken or disoidered. A wheel constructed in the manner I have specified can be quickly dismounted from the hub to allow another wheel to be substituted.

With theconstruction shown in Fig. 1, allthe user needs to do is remove the nuts 21, when the ring 9, as well as all the connected parts, can be readily withdrawn from the hub, the circular member 22 slipping easily oli" the hub and the rabbeted edge 17ldisengaging itself with facility from the shoulder 16. With the form of Wheel shown in Fig. 2, an equally easy removal may be effected by simply removing the nuts 21a so that the Y tion on .the hub 32. 'lhe bolts 37 have drumV may be dislodged from its posistruction and arrangement of the manifold details of structure and combination may be made without destroying the e'ect or y value of the invention, but rather promoting and enhancing itsrange-of application and its value in practice, and ll reserve the lib-- erty of modifying and rearranging and changing the details of the specimens in which theinvention is embodied in the practical'ways for adapting and applying the same within wide limits; as for example, if desired, l ma p use spacing ,rings 54 for separating. the raceways of the balls belonging to the separate parts of the bearing 12 and similarly withv the bearings 38; changes may also be made in the particular way in which the central member, which. in one case is ring 9,`and in the other case is the brake drum 3l, is mounted removably on the hub, as the details of such mounting may be changed in a great variety of ways, and also in other portions of the invention similar modicationsv may be made with-` out going beyond its scope. l have emphasized the Welding of the disks to the outer circular member and the inner central member. ln further explanation of this l wish to lay equally strong emphasis upon the method of placing these disks under tension, whiclrconsists in heating the entire`- surface of the disks to ahigh degree during the welding process, so that whilev they are being welded and a firm connection is being Letters Patent-,isz

strong tension and thus make thel 'l claim as new and desire tol secure by l. The herein described method of mak-` ing wheels, which consists of heating alpair of annular disks throughout their entire material and welding .the same to an outer.

circular' member andan inner central mem-A ber so that said disks will be placed under tension" in cooling.

2. The herein described method of making wheels, which consists oi? heating a pair .of annular disks throughout, welding them to an outer circular member andan in ner central member, and then allowing the disks to cool so that all the parts may belunlte'd Ytogether and the disks 'placed under an .edective tension.

ln testimony whereof l aflix4 my signav ture.

wrnrrnrr J. r. Moons. 

